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Santa Sangre

  • 19891989
  • NC-17NC-17
  • 2h 3m
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7.5/10
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Santa Sangre (1989)
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A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless mother - the leader of a strange religious cult - and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name as he becomes ... Read allA former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless mother - the leader of a strange religious cult - and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name as he becomes "her arms".A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless mother - the leader of a strange religious cult - and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name as he becomes "her arms".
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22K
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    • Alejandro Jodorowsky
    • Alejandro Jodorowsky(original story by)
    • Roberto Leoni(adapted for the screen by)
    • Claudio Argento(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Axel Jodorowsky
    • Blanca Guerra
    • Guy Stockwell
    • Alejandro Jodorowsky
    • Alejandro Jodorowsky(original story by)
    • Roberto Leoni(adapted for the screen by)
    • Claudio Argento(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Axel Jodorowsky
    • Blanca Guerra
    • Guy Stockwell
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    • 120User reviews
    • 89Critic reviews
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    Axel Jodorowsky
    Axel Jodorowsky
    • Fenix
    Blanca Guerra
    Blanca Guerra
    • Concha
    Guy Stockwell
    Guy Stockwell
    • Orgo
    Thelma Tixou
    Thelma Tixou
    • The Tattooed Woman
    Sabrina Dennison
    Sabrina Dennison
    • Alma
    Adan Jodorowsky
    Adan Jodorowsky
    • Young Fenix
    Faviola Elenka Tapia
    Faviola Elenka Tapia
    • Young Alma
    Teo Jodorowsky
    • Pimp
    Mary Aranza
    • Fat Prostitute
    • (as Ma. De Jesus Aranzabal)
    Jesús Juárez
    • Aladin
    • (as Jesus Juarez)
    Sergio Bustamante
    Sergio Bustamante
    • Monsignor
    Gloriella
    • Rubi
    • (as Gloria Contreras)
    S. Rodriguez
    • The Saint
    Zonia Rangel Mora
    • Trini
    Joaquín García Vargas
    • Box-Office Attendant
    • (as Borolas)
    Teo Tapia
    • Business Man
    Edgar E. Jiménez Nava
    • Monsignor's Chauffeur
    • (as Edgar E. Jimenez Nava)
    Jacobo Lieberman
    Jacobo Lieberman
    • Monsignor's Secretary
      • Alejandro Jodorowsky
      • Alejandro Jodorowsky(original story by) (screenplay by)
      • Roberto Leoni(adapted for the screen by) (screenplay by)
      • Claudio Argento(screenplay by)
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    • Trivia
      Alejandro Jodorowsky's sons Adan Jodorowsky & Axel Jodorowsky both play the part of Fenix at different ages.
    • Goofs
      When the elephant is dying, all the close-ups of its trunk bleeding show the trunk to be clean. All the long shots of the elephant show it's trunk covered in blood.
    • Quotes

      Concha: [to Fenix] You can't atone for your sins with nightmares.

    • Crazy credits
      [over the final freeze-frame] I stretch out my hands to thee: my soul thirsts for thee like a parched land ... Teach me the way I should go, for to thee I lift up my soul. - Psalms 143.6, 8
    • Alternate versions
      The US has two versions available on video: the R-rated version, which runs about 120 minutes, and the NC-17 version, which is about 123 minutes (the one released uncut in Britain and other European countries). The differences between the two are hardly noticeable except for two scenes - the first scene being the dismemberment of the mother. In the NC-17 version, there are extra cuts of blood and gore spraying on the walls, and then we also see a few extra shots of blood spurting out of the father's neck shortly after he commits suicide (we see this from behind; a startlingly un-explicit shot to be considered NC-17 material). The other scene is even more noticeable. The death of the prostitute is much more explicit in the NC-17 version: we see many shots of her being graphically stabbed in the back and chest with loads of blood literally dumping out of her wounds. Then, we briefly see the knife stab through the back of her neck and poke out the front - all in one explicit shot. Practically the entire scene is missing in the R-rated version.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Short Time/Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!/Wild Orchid/Without You I'm Nothing/Santa Sangre (1990)
    • Soundtracks
      Caballo negro
      Composed by Dámaso Pérez Prado

    User reviews120

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    9/10
    Close to perfect
    First let me say that this is my frist movie by the director. I have not seen El Topo, or any of his others. This is a great movie, in my opinion. Not quite perfect, but still great. It, more than any other movie I have seen, exudes the most raw emotion without saying a single word. One of the movies characters is a deaf mute. There is hardly any dialogue, but it is all the better without it. It oozes the emotion that it needs to pass by through camera work, style, and acting.

    The story is not your normal story, and in fact is a bit creepy. I will not tell you one single part of it, because I only knew very little going in to see it. But, let me tell you that it is not for the weak of mind or heart. But, the emotion of the movie is completely there, and I highly recommend this to the people who don't mind thinking to be slightly scared. And this is a movie that doesn't feel it has to explain everything away, and so is all the better for it.

    9/10
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    • cofemug
    • Jul 11, 2000

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    • Release date
      • June 27, 1990 (United States)
      • Mexico
      • Italy
      • English
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Estudios Churubusco Azteca, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
    • Production companies
      • Productora Fílmica Real
      • Produzioni Intersound
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    • 2 hours 3 minutes
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      • Dolby
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